Hayley Marshall thank you so much!

Clear coat 👍

Spray paint is great and it helps speed things up a bit, but if you have never used it before you may want to practice on a large sheet of ply-wood. I use acrylic paint on my murals pretty often. I also use latex house paint (which is the most difficult to get good colors and mixing). If you are comfortable with a brush, you may want to use mostly brush. Many times I use a mixture of spraypaint and brush paint. Yes I often use Golden Fluid Acrylics. Its great qualiity, but expensive. Is your mural indoor or outdoor?

Ten Hundred I am moving from canvas to wall and acrylic to spray painting, can you explain your evolution to acrylic-brush painting?

i do murals for a living! just wondering how that turned out!

Behr Maree quarts, not gallons. You wont need a gallon. A gallon covers almost 400 square feet of wall space.

@@TenHundred Does this apply to outdoor?

Cheap paint means more layers and more work, nicer paint means better results with less layers, but costs more. I say try and find a balance and use what works best for you. One trick is to buy cheap colors (the darkest version of the color you can) and expensive white. That way when you mix in the cheap colors with the expensive white to brighten it up, you cheap colors will take on the consistency of the expensive white. That is what I used to do when I couldn't afford the good stuff.

also blending colors in acrylic paint

Sometimes using a projector

@@nkusters ya agreed, i have a friend that does mural paintings, and his method is to draw, scan it to computer, print off on overhead projector sheets. Gotta be the easiest way, unless you're ultra talented to free hand like some artists.

I think it might be a Posca pen. Saw many use it and seems like it's a multi-surfaces pen.

Probably posca cause it’s an acrylic paint marker basically

Maybe check this one out: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oL1dhZiBsbyUoXU.html

Hey David, So far in my art career all of my murals have been direct commissions and I haven't ever asked for a wall. People have reached out to me and asked me to paint so I don't have any great advice on asking for walls. I would say put together a really professional portfolio of your work and maybe walk into a few businesses. I know of a couple of art homies who have just asked to talk to the owner and offered to paint a mural for super cheap or free just to get that first one under their belt so they can build their mural resume. The second part of your question is to try and work within the clients needs but also gently guide them towards a more creative finished product. YOU are the artist and you should be the creative force in the project. Figure out how to meet your clients needs and your creative goals at the same time. A little salesmanship comes in handy and you need to sell your idea to them. Often times the client is really looking for a strong creative voice to take control of the project and if you can be that voice and sell your idea to them then they will let you run wild. I could write like 10 more paragraphs on balancing the client/artist relationship in a healthy way, but if you have any more questions just reply to this comment. Thanks!!

+Ten Hundred thanks for the insight man! ah yes the dreaded salesmanship... i'm gunna start reading up on how to make selling fun/bearable haha

Ten Hundred your work is amazing and to be frank you are in the elite class, so I understand why commissions would come to you. That being said, I completely agree with David’s comments. In my area, most legal work is public commissions through a competitive juried process. This tends to give commissions to the established people and tends to be dogs and flowers. Can you recall your transitions into murals, where was your art at the time? What made your work stand out against the established elites? Thanks

Hey there Ken, I use adobe photoshop for the most part.

Thank you Ten Hundred!

Before I go painting on walls, should I draw on paper in a book, what markers should i get for that?

Turqou learning both can be useful. I use both

Ten Hundred what's the best way to start with paints?

You can only paint as well as you can draw, so working on your drawing fundamentals first is probably best 🙂

Artist named Leo Shallat

thank you :)

You have talent! Go for it 💕

:)

You gotta admit, it is an art form that has been further refined and reimagined from those humble beginnings. Innovation comes from different minds and hands, hence the strength of diversity.

@@alexariza876 further "REFINED" from "HUMBLE" beginnings?? WOW, not surprised you think ya'll made something that wasn't yours better.. SMDH

@@Brook-ct3kk I'm not trying to pick a fight with you, but how else would you describe it? Did it not come from humble beginnings? Teenage boys and girls tagging up high traffic areas to be seen by many. There was no artistic motivation behind it at first. Watch any interview featuring OG taggers and graffiti artists from the 70s and 80s and they will say so. The form has transcended that initial start. I stand by my statement that it has been refined. You're going to tell me that a 15 year old's crude spray painting of cartoon characters on the side of a train is superior to the work being developed by artists today? The craft HAS been refined. There is nothing wrong with saying that. It has gained legitimacy. AND most artists give credit where credit is due. They know they are part of a lineage in this form of image making. This art form came from inner city minorities - black, hispanic, etc. ,YES, but it has expanded beyond that to the rest of the world. Why would you be mad about that?

@@alexariza876 sum things don't need a discussion

@@Brook-ct3kk That's too bad you feel that way. Have a good day.